DESDEMOCRATIZAÇÃO EM CURSO: O QUE PENSAM OS JOVENS SOBRE O CONCEITO SUBSTANTIVO DEMOCRACIA.

This article aims to analyze the ideas that high school students in the city of Guarapuava presented about the substantive concept of democracy. The clipping presented here results from the analysis carried out based on the narratives obtained through questionnaires that explored aspects related to the theme of democracy, whether from a procedural or normative point of view. The concept of democracy presented by the sample revealed a strong link with procedural aspects, especially with regard to the principle of representativeness, at the same time that it showed a high rate of distrust in democratic institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]